SKU: LO.15-3695H

ISBN 9780787768232.

Cast in a brilliant Broadway spectacular style, “Music Is All We Need!” is the perfect concert opener with driving rhythms, hip harmonies, and soaring musical lines. It features unison singing broken up with brief, easy three-part harmony and is adaptable to choreography. This thrilling arrangement will take your audience’s breath away. “With ev’ry note, ev’ry joyful inflection, we’ll be the change, you will see. Love we will sing out in ev’ry direction. Music is all we need!” A two-part edition is also available.

SKU: HL.8754667

UPC: 884088648992. 6.75x10.5 inches.

Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah take their small town choir to new heights in Joyful Noise and this funk-fueled medley of songs will lift up your choir, too! These three songs from the film will show off your gospel style and your singers and audience will love the positive message! Five minutes in length, songs include: Forever; Yeah!; Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours.

SKU: CF.CM9773

ISBN 9781491164440. UPC: 680160923342. Key: C# minor. English. Christina Rossetti.

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,                                                       Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;                                                               Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,                                                             In the bleak midwinter, long ago.What can I give Him, poor as I am?                                                                                        If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;                                                                         If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;                                                                        Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.The text from this beloved poem of Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) was originally published in an 1872 issue of Scribner’s Monthly, under the title A Christmas Carol. In the first of its five stanzas, the speaker describes in great detail a bitingly cold winter scene, void of both warmth and light. By the final stanza, the speaker's thoughts turn inward, asking what gift they may offer the infant Jesus, meek though they believe themselves to be.The poem was later set by English composer Gustav Holst (1874–1934) as a contribution to the English Hymnal in 1906 and remains the most popular setting today.London-born Rossetti came to be regarded not only as one of the greatest female poets of her time, but as an outspoken advocate on several societal issues, including slavery and cruelty towards animals.In this setting, word painting is of the utmost importance. Careful attention to word stress throughout the course of the piece will make the performance all the more captivating. Descriptive lines such as “frosty wind made moan” should be conveyed with swelling crescendos, like frigid gusts of frozen air.While this piece features an original tune, the beloved Holst melody is also featured briefly, beginning in m. 28. Take care to bring this out.There are plenty of other allusions to wintry scenes scattered throughout the choral parts as well as the accompaniment. I encourage you to put your sleuthing “hats” on and find them all. It will make the learning experience much more memorable and fun.

SKU: GI.G-9703

UPC: 785147970309. English. Text by Adam M. L. Tice.

Taken from the collection Encounter: From the Heart of Pope Francis, G-9616, the stunning text for this beloved tune is matched only by the outstanding arrangement. This surprisingly simple piece will easily find the perfect home in your choir for the Christmas season.  Learn a little more about this piece in this short interview with Tony Alonso. Listen to the recording and preview the score to A Weary Couple in this score video.